MEP Marek
Migalski applied to the European Commission,
as well as to the Minister of Health of Poland Bartosz
Arljukowicz asking to
intervene in the case of the Belarusian medic Ihar Pastnou.

Migalski
called to stand up for the medic who was
forcibly confined to a psychiatric hospital as
a consequence of his critique of the Belarusian authorities, stated
Migalski's aidee Anna Bialas:

“In his
letters, Mr. MP said there is no doubt that the sentence is
politically motivated. The sentence to the
Belarusian psychiatrist is another attempt to
destroy the civil
society in Belarus. In this regard, Mr. MP urges to take all possible
steps at the international forum with the aim
to protect the Belarusian medics and take action on this case.

Half
a year ago the medic published critical materials about hte
authorities and the health care system. Human rights organizations
believe that keeping dissidents in soul asylums returns the shameful
practices of the Soveit era.

The Belarusian Helsinki
Committee and the Human Rights Center "
Viasna" are concerned
about the forced hospitalization of Ihar
Pastnou. They call on the competent organs to immediately release
Ihar Pastnou from the hospital and review the decision for his forced
hospitalization within open court proceedings, with observance of the
procedures and principles of a fair trial..